I Never Wanted To Be A Star
Cat Stevens
Intro: I was seventeen you were working for Matthew and Son The Beatles met the Queen and I wrote I’m gonna get me a gun yeah yeah It was like a dream in the star machine oh no izitso izitso? I never wanted to be a star I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart I never wanted to be la-de-da go to parties ’avec le bourgeois’ I only wanted to sing my song well So I could ring a small bell in your heart Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I was on the road sleeping between lorry lights oh no Stone-drunk and cold heading into a bad night yeah yeah Just another bean in the star machine hi ho here I go here I go I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a Ferrari car I only wanted to run my own race So I could win a small place in your heart Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Nature found a way it picked me up off the dark side yeah yeah Showed me another day it made me sing ’I think I see the light’ Not another bean in the star machine oh no this time I won’t go I never wanted to be a star I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart